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Games like Doctrine: C.U.L.T.

If Doctrine: C.U.L.T. is your kind of game, the closest matches are Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine, Lunar Ascendant and Democracy 4 — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Doctrine: C.U.L.T.: Build your own religion from the ground up. Forge dogma. Recruit followers. Expand your influence. Every decision shifts your power - and every power has a price. Will you be a savior or a tyrant? The world awaits your move.

2026StrategyIndieSimulationEarly Access4.99 USDWindowsby Miracles on a Stick
Doctrine: C.U.L.T. — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Doctrine: C.U.L.T. also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    President or Patriarch? In this deep simulation, national survival and family interests clash. Twist laws and deploy kin to seize control. Will you sacrifice the republic for your dynasty, or betray your blood for the state? Power isn't about saving the world; it's about deciding who owns it.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Lunar Ascendant

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    The political drama set in a future that's too close for comfort. Become the first mayor of ARTEMIS: A Pioneering Lunar City. Navigate the future of lunar colonization, choose between independence and cooperation, shape policies for or against AI influence, and tackle interplanetary conspiracies.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Democracy 4

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Beholder 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    You are an intern at the central ministry of a totalitarian state with your whole career ahead of you. Work your way up the ladder by scheming against employees, spying on your boss, and completing paperwork. Or do you turn against the state and expose corruption. The choice is still yours to make!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Crisis in the Kremlin

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. AfterWar

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    AfterWar is a strategy about the world in 2028

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Make America Great Again: The Trump Presidency

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    A Pro-Donald Trump presidential simulation. Make America Rich Again through trade. Make America Safe again by Defeating ISIS. Make America Great Again!

    2016ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Socialism Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Doctrine: C.U.L.T. fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    The civil war is over. To the rapturous cheers of the crowd, you and four of your companions take control of the country. The young socialist state proudly raises its flags, its eyes fixed on a distant, bright future.

    2022IndieSimulation3.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Doctrine: C.U.L.T. at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Placid Plastic Duck Simulator

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.

    2022SimulationCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Test: Final Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?

    2020SimulationRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Doctrine: C.U.L.T. on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. one night, hot springs

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...

    2018IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Meteor 60 Seconds!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. The Test: Secrets of the Soul

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal things from deep within. Some will be uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and are you SURE you want the answers you seek? For it is time to unlock "Secrets of the Soul..."

    2023IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Hello Charlotte EP2: Requiem Aeternam Deo

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

    A eulogy for happiness, and a lament for connection that never was.

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Doctrine: C.U.L.T.

How much does Doctrine: C.U.L.T. cost?
Doctrine: C.U.L.T. is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Doctrine: C.U.L.T.?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Doctrine: C.U.L.T. are Electoral Empire: Vote to Rule, Lie to Shine, Lunar Ascendant, Democracy 4.
Who developed Doctrine: C.U.L.T.?
Doctrine: C.U.L.T. was developed by Miracles on a Stick.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Doctrine: C.U.L.T..

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